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W. WALLACE. RAILFASTENBR. l APPLIOATIOK FILED JULY 16, 1908.

'9.1 1,790. Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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vwentoz WILLIAM WALLACE, or SYDNEY, N ovAScoTI'A', CAADA.

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specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 15, 1 908'. Serial No. 443,695.

Patented Feb. 9, i909.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM' WALLACE, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at Sydney, in the Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art-to which it appertains to make and use the s ame'.

This invention has relation to combined tie-plates, rail braces or fasteners'and spikes,

the tie-plates being employed on the regular ties or sleepers to assist in keeping the rails from spreading, the function of the fasteners being to maintain the rails in position, while the spikes serve to secure the braces on the sleeper and tie-plate so that they may efficiently perform the functions for which they secured ln'place onthe tie and tie-plate are. ydesignated Aby the numeral 8. :The fsaid are designed.

It is the purpose'of the invention to provide improvements that will at'once simplifyr the construction and mode of operation of the parte mentioned and render them more. secure and certain in their use.

The nature of the invention is fully and clearly illustrated `in the accom anying drawings forming afpart of this speci cation,

and while I have shown an embodiment of the improvements that are now considered by me as being the best in form and arrangement, it is'recdgnized that changes of a mechanical character may be made in the form and arrangement of parts andfeatures without departing from the substantial nature and spirit of the invention.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side view ofthe invention, the railway rails forming the track, being represented in Section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken in the plane of the trackjust outside of the outer spike. Fig. 5 is a planviewof one end of a tie-and tie-plate, the other parts of -thc device being removed.

Similar characters of reference vdesignate similarparts or features Wherever they-occur.

In the embodiment of my' invention, as shownin the drawings,'I employan ordinary sleeper or tie 1 having a flat upper face upon lwhich the tie-plate 2, consisting of a flat strip of metal rests. The saidtIe-plate need not be quite `as long as the tie 1, but will en;

seat for the rails 3.

i tend out Irar enough ateach end to Aform a The numeral 4 designates the outside railbraces. or hold-fasts, the outer portions of which rest upon the upper surface of the tie 1, and said rail-braces are offset upwardly at 5, to eXtendover and bear upon the upper surface of the tie-plate to hold it down, and the inner end being providedv with a vertical or upstanding flange 6, which bears against the outside surface'of the web of the'rail 3, antli-may extend up under. the ball of said rai v The numeral 7 designatesthe inside rail that no portion of its base rests upon t 1, when a tie-plate is used, and hence it is not provided with an upward offset 5. v

The spikes by which the rail-braces 'are s ikes have vertically flattenedheads and brace which 'is constructed in like manner to f 'the outside brace just described, exceptlng e tie similarly-formed Shanks 9. The heads of the s ikes are notched on one edge,l as at 10,

whic notches are adapted to receive therein the adjacent sides of the rail-braces'when ,the heads of the spikes are projected vertically through the slots 11 formed in the, bases of the rail-braces, the portion ofthe head of the spike at the bottom'of the notch 10 extendving into a slot 12 formed in the tie-plate,

while the shank 9 is driven into'Y the, tie 1. The said shank 9 -may beV formed in an known manner to prevent itswithdrawa After the spikes are driven, as described, the notch 10 will bein the same horizontal plane with the base of the rail-brace, which will .allow the'said bracelate to be moved laterally in a horizonta plane,'until the said adjacent side of the base ofthe rail-brace enters the notch 10 of the head of the spike, when a pin 13 may be driven 'at its inner end into a hole 14 of the web-flanges 6 between the back of the head of the spike and a rib 15, Aor similar feature formed on the upper surfaceof thebase-flange to kee the railbra'ce from being unintentional y moved back' land thus disconnected from thehead Iof the spike.

Under the constructio n'.shown and described, the rails will be held against spreading or being. moved toward each other as well as lfrom risingk or being lifted from their seats, and while the tie-plate contribntes materially to the prevention of the rails being moved laterally, it is obvious that the said an' ordinary mechanic.

tie-plate may be entirely dispensed with and the other parts of the invention employed in connection with the sleeper 1 with great efficiency and without modification excepting suchas would be naturally suggested to l the ties, and it is obvious that the said railbraces, and rail may be renewed and replaced or replaced without renewal by a reverse operation.

The tielate 2 may be slotted fromopposite sides or the reception of the different spike-heads, and the rail-braces driven laterally into the notches in the spike-heads accordingly, before the fastening pins 13 are inserted. This construction will prevent the tie-plate from working laterally out of place on the sleeper or tiel.

It is essential, as will be noted, that the head only of the spike need be lattened vertically as ex lained.

What is c aimed is:l 1. The combination, with the tie, the

' slotted. tie-plate and slotted rail-braces, of

the spikes having vertically flattened heads engaged insaid slots and notched at one edge, the adiacent sides of the railbraces being forced laterally within the notches of the spike-heads..

2. The combination, with the tie, the slotted tie-plate and slotted rail-braces, of the spikes'having vertically flattened heads engaged in said slots and notched at ene edgc,`the adjacent sides of the rail-braces being forced laterally within the notches of the spike-heads, andremovable securing devices connected with the rail-braces back of the heads of the spil-:e-heads.

3. A railbrace for railway rails, having a laterally slotted base, combined wit-h a spike having a vertically flattened head adapted to be received through the said slot, and a notch formed in one edge of the head adapting the adjacent side of the brace to he moved laterally into said notch.

4. The combination, with the tie-plate slotted from its edges inward, of the spike Yhavingr a vertically flattened head and a rib spaced from the head ada )ted to be received laterally in either of said slots.

5. The` combination, with the tie-plate slotted from its edges inward, of the spike -having a vertically yflattened head and a rib spaced from the head adapted to he received laterally in either of said slots, the slots for the heads of the different spikes opening on op osite edges of the tie-plate.

n testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM WALLACE. Witnesses:

JOHN McRAE, FRED PETERS. 

